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'''Shinichi Sekizawa''' {{Nihongo|関沢 新一|Sekizawa Shin'ichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to [[Toho]]'s [[tokusatsu]] output in the [[Showa era]]. He also created the 1968 miniseries ''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]''. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction.
{{Quote|What's most important is entertainment. If there's too much detail, the audience won't be interested. So my philosophy is [to] just add enough to tell the story and keep it moving along.|Shinichi Sekizawa<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ryfle|first1=Steve|author-link1=Steve Ryfle|last2=Godziszewski|first2=Ed|author-link2=Ed Godziszewski|title=[[Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa]]|date=3 October 2017|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|page=174|isbn=978-0819577412}}</ref>}}
'''Shinichi Sekizawa''' {{Nihongo|関沢 新一|Sekizawa Shin'ichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to [[Toho]]'s [[tokusatsu]] output in the [[Showa era]]. He also created the 1968 miniseries ''[[Agon (series)|Agon]]''. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction.
{{TOC}}
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Screenwriter===
===Screenwriter===
*''[[Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956)
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959)
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*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]'' (1963)
*''[[wikipedia:The Lost World of Sinbad|Samurai Pirate]]'' (1963) [with [[Kaoru Mabuchi|Takeshi Kimura]]]
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
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*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 1; with Tetsuo Kinjo]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 1; with Tetsuo Kinjo]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kaiju Booska|Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 3]
*''[[Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 3]
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) [with Kazue Kiba]
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) [with Kazue Kiba]
*''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]'' (TV 1968)
*''[[Agon (series)|Agon]]'' (TV 1968) [episodes 1-2]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episode 1]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episode 1]
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969) [with Ted Sherdeman]<ref group="lower-alpha">Credited as "Screenplay Adviser" in the film's international export version.</ref>
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969) [with Ted Sherdeman]<ref group="lower-alpha">Credited as "Screenplay Adviser" in the film's international export version.</ref>
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
====Unproduced works====
====Unfilmed screenplays====
*''[[Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1963)
*''[[Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1963)
*''[[Batman Meets Godzilla|Batman vs. Godzilla]]'' (1965)
*''[[Batman Meets Godzilla|Batman vs. Godzilla]]'' (1965)
*''[[The Flying Battleship]]'' (1966) [with [[jawp:和田嘉訓|Yoshinori Wada]]]
===Storywriter===
===Storywriter===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [with Masami Fukushima]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [with Masami Fukushima]
===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) - Director
*''[[Agon (series)|Agon]]'' (TV 1968) - Supervisor
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - Lyrics for "[[Mothra's Song]]" [with [[Ishiro Honda]], [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]; as Koji Yuki]
==Selected discography==
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) - Lyrics for "[[Monster March]]"
===Lyricist===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) - Lyrics for "[[Godzilla March]]" [with [[Jun Fukuda]]]
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - "[[Mothra's Song]]" [with [[Ishiro Honda]], [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]; as Koji Yuki]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) - Lyrics for "[[Godzilla and Jet Jaguar: Punch! Punch! Punch!]]"
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) - "[[Monster March]]"
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) - "[[Godzilla March]]" [with [[Jun Fukuda]]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) - "[[Godzilla and Jet Jaguar: Punch! Punch! Punch!]]"
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Shinichi Sekizawa with Tsuburaya.jpg|Shinichi Sekizawa and [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] discuss ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' over lunch at Toho Salon
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*Sekizawa wrote the lyrics for ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''{{'}}s insert song, "[[Mothra's Song]]" with [[Ishiro Honda]] and [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] under the joint pen name '''Koji Yuki''' {{Nihongo|由起こうじ|Yuki Kōji}}.
*Sekizawa wrote and directed a science fiction film for Kokumotsu Films in 1956 entitled ''[[wikipedia:Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers|Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'', in which aliens from the M87 Nebula launch an attack on Earth using flying saucers. It was his sole stint as a director, having only previously served as an assistant director on [[wikipedia:Hiroshi Shimizu (director)|Hiroshi Shimizu]]'s ''Children of the Great Buddha''. The film was considered lost until a 16mm print of it sold online for ¥2.1 million in 2010, after which plans were made for a DVD release that has yet to manifest.<ref name="THiho">{{cite magazine|last=Nekoyama|first=Reme|title=A Lost Special Effects Movie Has Finally Appeared! ''Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers'' Magazine Roadshow!!|magazine=[[Tokusatsu Hiho]]|volume=2|date=13 October 2015|publisher=[[Yosensha]]|pages=8-15|isbn=978-4-8003-0766-8}}</ref>
==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Notelist|lower-alpha}}
{{Notelist|lower-alpha}}
==Trivia==
==References==
*Tanaka wrote the lyrics for ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''{{'}}s insert song, "[[Mothra's Song]]" with [[Ishiro Honda]] and [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] under the joint pen name '''Koji Yuki''' {{Nihongo|由起こうじ|Yuki Kōji}}.
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{{Mothra vs. Godzilla}}
{{Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster}}
{{Invasion of Astro-Monster}}
{{Ebirah, Horror of the Deep}}
{{Son of Godzilla}}
{{All Monsters Attack}}
{{Godzilla vs. Gigan}}
{{Godzilla vs. Megalon}}
{{Real People}}
{{Comments}}
{{Comments}}
{{Era|REL}}
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Latest revision as of 00:30, 2 March 2024

Shinichi Sekizawa
Shinichi Sekizawa
Born June 2, 1920
Kyoto, Japan
Died November 19, 1992 (aged 72)
Nanpeidai, Shibuya, Japan
Occupation Screenwriter
First work Musume Jūhachi
Usotsuki Jidai (1949)
Notable work King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
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“
What's most important is entertainment. If there's too much detail, the audience won't be interested. So my philosophy is [to] just add enough to tell the story and keep it moving along.
„ 

— Shinichi Sekizawa[1]

Shinichi Sekizawa (関沢 新一,   Sekizawa Shin'ichi) was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's tokusatsu output in the Showa era. He also created the 1968 miniseries Agon. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

Unfilmed screenplays

Storywriter

Miscellaneous

  • Agon (TV 1968) - Supervisor

Selected discography

Lyricist

Gallery

Trivia

  • Sekizawa wrote the lyrics for Mothra's insert song, "Mothra's Song" with Ishiro Honda and Tomoyuki Tanaka under the joint pen name Koji Yuki (由起こうじ,   Yuki Kōji).
  • Sekizawa wrote and directed a science fiction film for Kokumotsu Films in 1956 entitled Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, in which aliens from the M87 Nebula launch an attack on Earth using flying saucers. It was his sole stint as a director, having only previously served as an assistant director on Hiroshi Shimizu's Children of the Great Buddha. The film was considered lost until a 16mm print of it sold online for ¥2.1 million in 2010, after which plans were made for a DVD release that has yet to manifest.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as "Screenplay Adviser" in the film's international export version.

References

This is a list of references for Shinichi Sekizawa. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (3 October 2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0819577412.
  2. ↑ Nekoyama, Reme (13 October 2015). "A Lost Special Effects Movie Has Finally Appeared! Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers Magazine Roadshow!!". Tokusatsu Hiho. Vol. 2. Yosensha. pp. 8–15. ISBN 978-4-8003-0766-8.

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